Calgary Flames 52 Days Until the Season Starts: #52 Brandon Bollig

With 52 days left until the regular season starts up again, let’s take a look at a former Calgary Flames player with that number.

Since the start of August, we’re counting down the number of days left until the regular season starts up again! Everyday until the start of the season, we’ll be talking about a Calgary Flames player whose number correlates with how many days there are left.

For the last few days, we’ve been talking about players who are retired and/or no longer playing in the NHL. Let’s change that up a bit for today.

Yesterday, we talked about Derek Morris who played over 1100 games. Today, let’s talk about #52 Brandon Bollig.

Who is Brandon Bollig?

Name: Brandon Bollig

Birth place: St. Charles, Missouri, USA

Position: LW

Shoots: Left

Birthdate: 1987-01-31

Height: 6’2” / 188 cm

Weight: 101 kg / 223 lbs

Drafted by: undrafted

Stats with all NHL teams, regular season:

Stats with minor teams, regular season:

Going undrafted, Brandon Bollig started his NHL career with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2010. He was playing with the Saints at St. Lawrence University of the NCAA when he led the team with 83 PIM. Liking his grit, the Blackhawks signed him to a two-year, two-way contract.

He finally made his NHL debut in 2012 against the Toronto Maple Leafs. When players make their NHL debut after being recalled from the farm-team, you don’t expect a lot out of them. But for Bollig? Well, he didn’t care that he was a rookie. He recorded his first NHL fight that night against Leafs’ Luke Schenn. Welcome to Chicago!

As you can see from the stats above, Bollig remained pointless in his games with the Blackhawks. However, he did manage 58 PIM which was the third highest on the team for that season, even though he only played in 18 games. Furthermore, from his first NHL game until the end of that season in 2012, he was the third highest in the league for PIM.

Even though he was pointless that season, he played with the team in the playoffs and managed his first NHL goal in the post-season.

The next season he spent his time between the Blackhawks and their AHL affiliate, the Rockford Icehogs. He still remained pointless in the NHL regular season and had 51 PIM in 25 games. That season though, the 2012-2013, something exciting for the Blackhawks happened… A Stanley Cup? Does that sound familiar to anyone?